The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
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ers Of the New England Farmer not to
kill the calves this year, because they
have never raised enough to keep up
the home supply; because COW Is
worth more on the farm where she was
born and reared than she can be any
where else: e:because there are now better
bulls to breed from than there ever were,
and because there is increasing danger
Of introducing contagious diseases when
cows are brought into herds from stock
yards. The disastrous Winter on the
Western stock ranges, too. point to 4
short supply in the near future Mr..
Cheeyer sums up his argument as fol-
lows:
We would excite no speculative. feel
ing regarding the prices Of beef or other
meats, but with swine plague among
hogs pleuro-pneumonia in the cattle
herds, ,andthe range grasses giving out,
it would certainly appear to be favor
able time to oprepare to meet brisk de-
mand for animal foods in the not very
distant future. There are new lands
ut the West not yet severely reduced BY
continuous cropping, but there has been
Il great change in the tone Of the preach
ing on that subject. Western farmers
have already learned something of the
value of manure, and when they find
themselves hauling manure by the cord
over their muddy roads and soft fields
they will have yielded point in favor
Of farming in New England. II any
reader has fine. promising hcifer calf
this Spring and is in doubt whether il
will pay to raise it, our advice is. try it.
The command Of the Creator to multiply
and rcpleni>h the earth has never yet
been revoked SO far rs known. Let the
herds. then. and the fiocks increase.
and let the farmer provide food in
abundance. and in return food will be
given back to him in due time.
PANsIEs.
Pansies have become one Of the
most magnificent and beautifully varie-
gated in color Of our flowers. En-
glish pictures of these are now lying
before me with spread Of petals
nearly three inches across. What
contrast 10 the humble little flower
from which they have been developed.
The cool. moist climate Of England is
particularly well suited to the growtl,
of pansies, but they can be moderated,
well grown in our hotter and drier eli
mate. BY taking particular pains. 4
| r,nG claw lon -, - tho boS< soil far than,
while light. graycly or sandy loan
is the poorest. II they are then shaded
from the hot sun during the day, they
will thrive fairly and bloom brightly.
One of the best places to plant them
is the North side Of brick or stone
wall, or a tight board-fencc, rising to
sufficient height to shade them nj
noon. have never tried them i'll the
shade of shrubs, but see no reason
why they may not grow well there.
IA. b. ALLEN.
WHAT DO rot THISKo
At late institute Professor Sanborn
stated that by u) making. saving and
applying all the manure he could; (2)
by saving all he could Of what the farm
produced to feed to thrifty young stock.
so as to get the greatest gain for the
least outlay. and (3) by planning for
judicious rotation he had been able To
make the ecollege farm pay andincreased.
its yield from eleven bushels Of wheat
twenty-six of oats and the same of corn.
to forty bushels Of wheat. sixty Of oats
and eighty Of corn. Results like
these should set some Western farmers
(and Eastern ones. too for that matter)
to thinking.-N. !. Shepherd Eldon
Mo-.
EXERCISE IMPORTANT.
Exercise is essential to good condi-
ton, and this fact should never be over
looked by breeders. If the dam is not
| in good condition during pregnacy the
offspring must suffer. Shepherds know
that unless ewes are made to take exer-
else weakly lambs are dropped. Colts
are born with weak pastern joints when
their dams do not take sufficient exercise
while carrying them. Better to keep
the mare at the plow till the hour Of
foling than to allow her to stand idle
in the stable for weeks. One half OF
the predisposition Of swine to disease is
due to the lazy habits of the sows wher,
they are heavy. The most vigorous
young come from bony. muscular ami
mails in firm flesh-not fat Show ami
mails almost invariably have feeble
! young MAHLoN, Iii nois.
MILKING PROFIT.
: think have found profit in milking
old cows some time without breeding.
I The bearing of calf is a heavy strain
, on the vitality of an old animal. Ifbret
she will soon 60 dry or give SO littl.
I milk rs to be Improbable for about
, ono third of the year. But by keeping
! an old cow from the bull and feeding
her heavily, | have secured paying
! amount Of milk from her for three year
: and then sold her for fair beef price
, , In one case knew a COW to be milket
for five years with profit.-Noruald.